04737oam 2200865 a 450 991049614290332120230828215014.00-520-92706-00-585-27334-010.1525/9780520927063(CKB)110989862155158(MH)007545485-8(SSID)ssj0000185630(PQKBManifestationID)12057665(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185630(PQKBWorkID)10216105(PQKB)10107490(DE-B1597)648801(DE-B1597)9780520927063(EXLCZ)9911098986215515819970227d1998 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe Jewish state a century later /Alan Dowty[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Pressc19981 online resource (xiv, 337 p. )ill., maps ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-22911-8 0-520-20941-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-331) and index.The Shaping of Israeli Democracy --Democracy in Israel --Jewish Politics --The Zionist Revolution --Building a Civic State --The Filter of Security --The Erosion of Ideology --Challenges to Israeli Democracy --The Communal Split --Religion and Politics --Arabs in Israel --The Impact of the West Bank and Gaza.As the fiftieth anniversary of Israeli statehood approaches, along with the commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the World Zionist Organization, the question of what is meant by a "Jewish" state is particularly timely. Alan Dowty takes on that question in a book that is admirable for its clarity and its comprehensive interpretation of the historical roots and contemporary functioning of Israel.Israeli nationhood, democracy, and politics did not unfold in a social or political vacuum, but developed from power-sharing practices in pre-state Jewish communities in Palestine and in Eastern Europe. Dowty elucidates the broad cluster of cultural, historical, and ideological tenets which came to comprise Israel's contemporary political system. He demonstrates that such tenets were not arbitrary but in fact developed logically from Jewish political habits and the circumstances of time. Dowty illustrates how these traditions are balanced with those of ideology and modernization, and he provides an integrated, sophisticated analysis of the Israeli nation's formation and present state.Dowty also proposes thoughtful answers to puzzles regarding the strengths and weaknesses of Israeli democracy in responding to the challenges of communal divisions, religious contention, the country's non-Jewish minority, and accommodation with the Palestinians. The Jewish State will be invaluable for anyone looking for that one book that gives an intelligent overview of both Israel today and of its origins.DemocracyIsraelJewsPolitics and governmentDemocracyReligious aspectsJudaismJudaism and stateIsraelJewsIsraelIdentityZionismHistoryPalestinian ArabsIsraelPolitics and governmentJudaism and stateHistoryIsraelJewsPolitics and governmentZionismPalestinian ArabsGovernment - AsiaHILCCGovernment - Non-U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCIsraelPolitics and governmentDemocracyJewsPolitics and government.DemocracyReligious aspectsJudaism.Judaism and stateJewsIdentity.ZionismHistory.Palestinian ArabsPolitics and government.Judaism and stateHistoryJewsPolitics and governmentZionismPalestinian ArabsGovernment - AsiaGovernment - Non-U.S.Law, Politics & Government320.95694Dowty Alan1940-472051DLCDLCC#PHLSBOOK9910496142903321The Jewish state2865063UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress